Top Marine News of the Week

JULY 14, 2017—While much of the discussion about offshore wind farms in the U.S. has focused on the Eastern Seaboard, one developer is moving forward with a project on Lake Erie near Cleveland. When it goes on line sometime in the next few years, the project would have a capacity of 20.7 MW—enough power for up to 7,000 homes.

Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) recently requested bids from suppliers to support the development of Project Icebreaker, a demonstration project that will have six Vestas

JULY 14, 2017—The U.S. Department of the Interior is to offer 75.9 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development in a region-wide lease sale scheduled for August 16, 2017. It will include all available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico and provide a reduced royalty rate for shallow water leases to encourage exploration and production under current market conditions.

Lease Sale 249, scheduled to be livestreamed from New Orleans, will be the

JULY 14, 2017 — A GAO report finds that the Navy continues to accept ships with a substantial number of defects and that not all of those defects are rectified by the time the ships enter the fleet after their post-delivery period.

Entitled "NAVY SHIPBUILDING: Policy Changes Needed to Improve the Post-Delivery Process and Ship Quality," the report assesses the extent to which the Navy (1) provides complete and quality ships to the fleet, (2) has a ship delivery policy that supports those efforts, and

JULY 14, 2017 — A GAO report finds that the Navy continues to accept ships with a substantial number of defects and that not all of those defects are rectified by the time the ships enter the fleet after their post-delivery period.

Entitled "NAVY SHIPBUILDING: Policy Changes Needed to Improve the Post-Delivery Process and Ship Quality," the report assesses the extent to which the Navy (1) provides complete and quality ships to the fleet, (2) has a ship delivery policy that supports those efforts, and

JULY 14, 2017 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management yesterday conditionally approved a Beaufort Sea exploration plan (EP) it received from Eni US Operating Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni S.p.A.

In its plan, Eni describes its intent to drill four exploration wells into the federal submerged lands of the Beaufort Sea from its Spy Island Drillsite, a pre-existing facility located in Alaska state waters. Drilling will be conducted during the winter months only. The drilling is scheduled

JULY 14, 2017 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management yesterday conditionally approved a Beaufort Sea exploration plan (EP) it received from Eni US Operating Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni S.p.A.

In its plan, Eni describes its intent to drill four exploration wells into the federal submerged lands of the Beaufort Sea from its Spy Island Drillsite, a pre-existing facility located in Alaska state waters. Drilling will be conducted during the winter months only. The drilling is scheduled

JULY 14, 2017 — Norway's Solstad Farstad ASA has shed its first vessel since its formation last month by the merger of Deep Sea Supply, Farstad Shipping and Solstad Offshore. Wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply AS has sold the AHTS Far Shogun to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed price.

Built at the Langsten shipyard in Norway in 2010, the vessel is a 23,664 BHP UT731 CD. It was handed over to the new owner yesterday.

JULY 14, 2017 — Norway's Solstad Farstad ASA has shed its first vessel since its formation last month by the merger of Deep Sea Supply, Farstad Shipping and Solstad Offshore. Wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply AS has sold the AHTS Far Shogun to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed price.

Built at the Langsten shipyard in Norway in 2010, the vessel is a 23,664 BHP UT731 CD. It was handed over to the new owner yesterday.

JULY 14, 2017—The ATB tug Abundance , the “power” behind the first complex liquefied ammonia transport barge built in the U.S. in decades, was recently delivered by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders , Whidbey Island, WA, to a subsidiary of The Savage Companies.

The M/V Abundance is the first of two 139 ft x 44 ft x 19 ft ATB tugboats being built by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) to support the operations of Tampa Port Services, LLC , a subsidiary of The Mosaic Company ,

JULY 14, 2017—The ATB tug Abundance , the “power” behind the first complex liquefied ammonia transport barge built in the U.S. in decades, was recently delivered by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders , Whidbey Island, WA, to a subsidiary of The Savage Companies.

The M/V Abundance is the first of two 139 ft x 44 ft x 19 ft ATB tugboats being built by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) to support the operations of Tampa Port Services, LLC , a subsidiary of The Mosaic Company ,